>As a remote worker who plans on buying a home and putting down roots in the small, middle-of-nowhere town I live in, no way in hell that I'd accept a job offer

>As a remote worker who plans on buying a home and putting down roots in the small, middle-of-nowhere town I live in, no way in hell that I'd accept a job offer from a company that dangles RTO over my head like this Well, they can be honest about it, "we have no plan...", or they could potentially lie or be ignorant about it, like your current employer might be, and change their mind down the road. I'm also a remote worker living in a small town. But I'm a realist as far as understanding that this might not last forever. Perhaps it turns out there's a competitive advantage to office work after all? If so, can't blame companies for wanting to return to those conditions.